Erythromycin for Strep Throat User Reviews
Brand names: Erythrocin, EryPed, E-Mycin, Erythrocin Stearate Filmtab, PCE Dispertab, Ery-Tab, Erythrocin Lactobionate, Wyamycin S, E.E.S. Granules, E.E.S.-200, E.E.S.-400, E.E.S.-400 Filmtab Erythrocot Eryc …show all brand names
Erythromycin has an average rating of 6.5 out of 10 from a total of 8 reviews for the treatment of Strep Throat. 50% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 25% reported a negative experience.
- Em1ly99
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 4, 2019
"I was given erythromycin for both tonsillitis and urinary tract infection as I am allergic to penicillin. I was fine after the first 6-8 hours, however when I went to bed I suffered with severed stomach pains, and severe vomiting and nausea. I continued to take it however it was becoming too severe so I discontinued and went back to ADOC (doctor on call). I do not recommend this medication it is truly horrible on the stomach."
- Lindsey
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 28, 2022
"Took this after I got too sick off of Clindamycin. Took one 500 mg pill and it quickly went downhill. About one hour in, I felt nauseas and liked someone sucker punched me below the ribs. Five minutes later I was sweating and noticed my heart was racing. I checked and it was beating 136 BPM. I then had trouble breathing and was in the toilet with intense diarrhea. Heart rate and breathing got so bad I got taken to the ER. While waiting 2 hours I finally returned to somewhat normal. But my gosh. What a horrible drug. AVOID"
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- Anonymous
- December 2, 2011
Erythrocin (erythromycin) "I am a skeptic on taking new medicine, but this medicine worked great for my strep throat and I had it very bad."
- Anonymous
- February 2, 2011
Erythrocin (erythromycin) "Constant nausea, stomach pain, some vomiting."
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- hotB0i
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 20, 2017
"I'm going in fellas just took the first dose. Will update shortly. Keep me in your prayers."
- mdtex
- Taken for less than 1 month
- August 5, 2022
"I had strep throat my family's doctor prescribed erythromycin. Erythromycin worked great. No side effects ."
- Rebecca
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 21, 2019
"This cause upset stomach, feeling of nausea, headache, extremely tired, toilet problems. It did worked well first few days."
- Araxt...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 29, 2018
"Worked like a charm."
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"I was prescribed erythromycin for a nasty case of strep throat, and as I am allergic to penicillin. I was worried about potential side effects as I am yet to have a good experience with antibiotics, however I was pleasantly surprised to not experience any side effects! It cleared up my strep throat very very quickly and I had a really great experience with it. I’m happy to know that it works well for me and I don’t experience any side effects. I hope that it works well for others too."